• Actors perform
in
movies but
on TV.
• People travel
on
a plane but
in a car.
• It’s normal to be
on
the toilet, but to be
in the toilet
is disgusting.
• One
in six is a
ratio, but one
on six is an unfair
fight.
• If your house is
on
the lake, you’re lucky. If your house is
in
the lake, you’re miserable.
• A guy with a knife
on
him is able to defend himself, while a guy with a knife
in him didn’t defend himself well.
• The Most Beautiful
Libraries in the World is a book
on
libraries, but
To Kill a Mockingbird
is a book
in libraries.
• If a woman tells you a man has six inches
on her, he’s half a foot taller. If she
tells you he has six inches
in her … um, TMI.
Enough dirty talk. Let’s turn on the lights and discuss
today’s error, from an article about the release of
the final trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Our, ahem, First Order
* of business is to Ren-ovate the
preposition in a quote from Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). Sure, the character’s voice
is masked by, well, a mask, but he clearly says
in, which clearly makes sense.
Our illuminated (and illuminating) discussion reveals that
on is anything but a bright spot. It’s
time to turn
on off.
Click!
That’s your cue,
in.
You’re on!
I’m sure the writer, now aware of his erroneous
transcription, regrets his words. May the remorse be with him. (
Ooh! That was an awful pun, huh? Kylo
can I go?)
* A military organization inspired by the Galactic Empire